

ĭmitriy Donskoy and the rest of the Typhoons are to be replaced by the Russian fourth-generation submarine class, the Borei class. However, its role was also reportedly limited to that of a weapons test platform. In 2021 it was reported that the submarine would remain in service until at least 2026.
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However, the scope of that upgrade was unclear. The submarine was reported active as of 2020 and had been upgraded to carry the RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. Targets at the Kura Test Range in the Russian Far East were successfully hit. On 7 October 2010, the submarine launched another Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea. The third stage of the missile failed, and it was visible in Norway making a glowing spiral in the sky. On 9 December 2009, Dmitriy Donskoy launched a Bulava missile. In August 2009, Patriarch Kirill visited the submarine and met the crewmen. It successfully hit a target on the Kura Test Range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. On 21 December 2005, the new missile system was tested underwater for the first time. The vessel was surfaced and fired the missile from a point in the White Sea. The first launch of a Bulava missile was carried out by Dmitriy Donskoy on 27 September 2005. After 12 years of overhaul and modifications, she had now received the name Dmitriy Donskoy, named after the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389), the reputed founder of Moscow. In June 2002, now serving in the Russian Navy, TK-208 finally left the Severodvinsk dry dock. In 2000, work on the submarine was intensified. Due to both economic and technological problems, the completion was severely postponed. In 1990, she entered the dry dock in Severodvinsk for upgrades and repairs. 55, in Severodvinsk on 30 June 1976 and launched in September 1980. She was laid down at the Sevmash shipyard, Tsekh No. Hull number TK-208 was the lead vessel of the Soviet third generation Project 941 Akula class ( NATO reporting name Typhoon) of ballistic missile submarines. Dmitriy Donskoy ( TK-208 Russian: Дми́трий Донско́й ТК-208) is a decommissioned Russian Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine, designated Project 941 Akula class ( NATO reporting name Typhoon).
